Necro has been hot garbo for a while

Zezin

PvP necro is a meme, either you play that one bomber build that makes you want to kill yourself or you can't do anything as the class sucks at everything else, used to be that necro was super tanky and defensive which was something I really enjoyed but ever since hybridization that is no longer the case as necro took no advantage from that in the defense side while most other classes did, not only that but there's no good way to play aggressively on a necro.

PvE necro used to be good in most static fights while lagging behind in single target most single target/mobile fights which was fine but now there's not a single encounter where necro is BiS unless you're playing support and even then the useful of necro has been reduced to a very sorry state, lots of sets giving major vuln(which was THE class buff necro gave to the group, you don't see sets giving out minor buffs from the other base game classes do you?), empower being garbo for anyone not using a HA build.

all of this got compounded in U35 where not only did ZoS nerf rapid rot to 10%(from 15%) they also gutted every single dot in the game which was basically where necro got all it's damage from, the class doesn't have skills to make up for that loss and needs urgent care.

So... Buffs when?

Everest_Lionheart

Class still hits pretty hard even with wonky class skills. What happened is that changes to other classes out Necro in the middle interns of damage output. Giving other sources of major vuln actually made them hit harder compared to being relied on for that buff. That extra power pales in comparison to the buffs that DK received through a combined several changes. There is pretty much no reason to play Necro when other classes offer more damage with slightly less convoluted skills and rotations.

I keep bringing up the comparison to DK for a reason, not so long ago DK’s were best in MK and Zen and pretty much there to provide buffs to the group. This job falls to Necro now only they wear MK with EC and sometimes spaulder. With the addition of off balance CP to the tree they can also provide off balance. The two have swapped roles and Cro is now the designated buff class. The one Cro in group is there to make the DK’s hit harder. Used to be the other way around.

robwolf666

*shrugs* Mine does just fine, and I didn't change the build in any way after the recent updates.